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How to Create Passkeys

A passkey is a passwordless sign-in method that replaces traditional passwords with cryptographic keys stored securely on your device. In the past, secure logins often relied on a password plus an extra...

Friday, August 8, 2025

macOS Jamf Apple

Deploy Apple Software Beta Updates with Jamf Pro Blueprints without an Apple Account

With Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager and an Device Management Solution solution, organizations can now enroll supervised Macs into AppleSeed for IT beta programs without requiring an Apple...

Saturday, July 5, 2025

macOS Getting Started System Settings

macOS Sequoia: A Guide to Your System Settings

macOS Sequoia refines System Settings with a more streamlined layout and improved organization, making navigation more intuitive. Key changes include the rebranding of the ‘Apple ID’ section to ‘Apple...

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

macOS Jamf Apple

Offboard a Mac Computer Using Jamf Pro and Apple Business Manager

This guide outlines the steps to properly offboard a Mac computer from Jamf Pro when an organization sells or transfers ownership of a device to a staff member. It is essential to ensure that the Mac computer...

Monday, February 24, 2025

macOS Apple

Account-Driven Enrollment Methods with Apple Devices Using Cloudflare

This guide offers an alternative for organizations that prefer not to host the com.apple.remotemanagement file on their public web server for Account-driven enrollment. By leveraging Cloudflare, you can...

Monday, December 30, 2024

macOS Jamf

Configure Software Update Settings for macOS in Jamf Pro

Ensuring timely software updates is essential for maintaining the security and integrity of Apple devices. Regular updates not only keep your environment secure but also enable users to access the latest...

Monday, October 28, 2024

macOS Getting Started System Settings

macOS Ventura: A Guide to Your System Settings

With macOS Ventura, System Preferences became System Settings similar to Settings on iPhone and iPad. 

Monday, August 19, 2024

macOS Getting Started

Getting Started with macOS Ventura

macOS Ventura (version 13) makes the things you do most on Mac even better. New tools like Stage Manager make focusing on tasks and moving between apps and windows easier and faster than ever, and You...

Monday, August 19, 2024

macOS Getting Started System Settings

macOS Sonoma: A Guide to Your System Settings

In macOS Sonoma, System Settings is where you can adjust global settings for the way things work on your Mac. A Guide to your System Settings shows you how to change Wallpaper and Screen Saver, adjusting...

Monday, August 19, 2024

macOS Getting Started

Getting Started with macOS Sonoma

With macOS Sonoma (version 14), more powerful features will your give your Mac new ways to boost your productivity and creativity. Personalize your Mac with stunning screensavers and widgets that you can...

Monday, August 19, 2024

macOS Apple

How to Use Touch ID in Terminal

Since the introduction of Touch ID on Macs, we found a convenient way to unlock restricted areas quicker without having to enter the administrator’s password. Therefore, administrators of a Mac are able...

Friday, March 29, 2024

macOS Apple

How to Use Profiles in Web Browsers

If you are one of the many users who have 20 personal and work tabs open at any given point, you may be a candidate for using profiles. The latest edition of Apple’s Safari comes with a new feature...

Friday, October 27, 2023

macOS Apple

Introduction to Shell Scripting Using Zsh

Starting with macOS Catalina, your Mac uses Zsh as the default login shell and interactive shell. Zsh provides the user with more flexibility by providing various features such as plug-in support, better...

Friday, August 11, 2023

macOS Jamf

Use Jamf Pro to Deploy iOS App to Mac with Apple Silicon

You can deploy iOS apps to Silicon Macs right from your Jamf cloud as long as the iOS developer allows this for their app. Not all Developers allow the deployment to Mac due to how the app will perform...

Friday, June 23, 2023

macOS Apple

How to Initiate a sysdiagnose on your Apple Devices

Sysdiagnose is a utility on most Apple devices that can be used to gather system-wide diagnostic information. It includes logging from different services and reports on the state of systems. What is contained...

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

macOS Jamf

Upgrade to macOS Big Sur using Self Service with Jamf Pro

The purpose of this document is to supply guidance and best practice solutions to facilitate the successful in-place upgrade of Mac computers to macOS Big Sur. This workflow is for organizations that have...

Friday, July 9, 2021

macOS

Managing Apple Devices: macOS commands & queries that require supervision

macOS 10.15 introduced supervision on the Mac. Any Mac that leveraged automated device enrollment to enroll in MDM is supervised. While future releases of macOS may include new features, this document...

Sunday, July 26, 2020

macOS Apple

Creating Blueprints and Provisioning Workflows with Apple Configurator 2

Apple Configurator 2 is a macOS app that allows IT to deploy one or many iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS devices in an organization. Although you might be aware of some of the well-known features of Apple Configurator...

Thursday, May 7, 2020

macOS Apple

Enrolling Your Organization in Apple Business Manager/Apple School Manager

It is becoming increasingly important for organization-owned devices deployed in all kinds and sizes of organizations to be purchased through Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller. Doing so allows...

Friday, April 17, 2020

macOS Jamf

Upgrade to macOS Catalina using Self Service with Jamf Pro

The purpose of this document is to supply guidance and best practice solutions to facilitate the successful silent in-place upgrade of Mac computers to the latest-available version of macOS Catalina 10.15....

Monday, March 30, 2020